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Filed March 15, '192e "INI/ENTOR.

gal/64% ATTORNEYS mouth-ban Patented Feb. 19, 1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN F. HULBERT, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

CONTAINER.

Application iled March 15, 1926, Serial No. 94,849, and in Canada April6, 1926.

The invention relates to containers, and more particularly to areinforced fibre' or paper container.

The object of the-invention is to provide an end closure for thecontainer wherein the mouth thereof is reinforced by a metal band and isassociated with a metal head-band having a :flan ed portion engageablewith the and detachably secured thereto by metal clips engageable withthe metal parts on the slding and head of the container.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container embodyingthe invention, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical .sectional view through the cover end ofsaid container.

The siding or body 3 of the container is composed of fibre tubing,usually made up of a number of Wrappings of paper or fibre sheets intocylindrical or conical form.

For forming the reinforcement for the mouth of the container, a strip ofsheet metal, preferably sheet steel, is rolled into 'a band `4 andaiixed to the upper edge of the container by pressing the inner edge 5of the band into the wall of the container and bending the upper portion6 of the band over the upper edge of the container and forcing the outeredge 7 of this bent or curved portion of the band into engagement withthe siding, thereby forming a metal-sheathed mouth.

The head or cover structure comprises a fibre disk 8 mounted withinoppositely disposed annular flanges 9 and 10 formed in a sheet metalband' 11, the inner edge 12 of the flange 9 being forced into the bodyof said head. The band 11 has a part 13 bent back over the fiange 10 andan annular arched or curved vportion 14 of a curvature to fit and seatupon the curved portion 6 of the band 4.

The head structure is detachably but firmly clamped to the siding bybendable metal clips, either of band metal form, as the clips 15,4 or ofWire form, as the clip 16, these clips being pressed at their inner ends17 into engagement with the inner ,curve of the part 14 and at theirouter ends 18 into engagement with the curved portion 6 of the band 4adjacent the outer edge portion 7 of the siding and below the outer edgeportion 14 of the band 11, so

that the clips have to be pried loose before the head can be removedfrom the body of the container.

With this construction it will be understood that the band 11 forms anefficient wear-resisting surface, and that it is reinforced where itconnects with the head and cooperates with the reinforced mouth to formsurfaces that will readily take the metal clips without piercing thefibre parts of the container, and that the clips have an interlockedconnection with said' bands so that the cover cannot be re- -movedwithout bending back a portion of each clip.

I desire it to be understood thatthis invention is not 'to be limited toany particular form or arrangement of parts except in so far as suchlimitations are specified in the claims.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a container, the combination withthe siding, of a reinforcing metal band for the mouth of the container,said band having a portio` extending around the inner wall of the si .gadjacent its edge and over said edge into ci'imped engagement with theouter side of said siding to form a beaded edge, a removable headincluding a fibre disk, a metal band having spaced annular iiangeportions clamped to said disk and an annular flangeA portion engagingthe reinforced edge of said siding, and means having crimped engagementwith said beaded edgev of said mouth band to detachably secure saidhead' in position.

2." In a container, the combination with the siding, of a reinforcingmetal bandfor the mouth of the container having a portion eX- f tendingaround the inner wall and a bead portion extending over the edge of thesiding with its outer edge in crimped engagement y with the outer sideof the siding, a removable cover includng a fibre disk and a metal bandsecured to said disk and having a curved flange portion Seating on thebead portion of said metal mouth-band, and means having crimpedengagement with said' beadportion of said mouth band to detachablysecure said head in position.

3. In a container,lthe combination with the siding, of a reinforcingmetal band for the mouth of lthe container, said band having a portionextending around the' inner wall of the siding adjacent its edge withits inner edge in. embedded engagement with said siding, a bead portionextending over the edge of the siding with its outer edge in crimpedenga-gement with the outer side of said siding, al removable @overincluding :L ibre dislr and L metal bend having spaced annular flangeporu tions clamped to opposite sides of the disk ande curved Hngeportion seating on the bead portion of said metal mouth-lezende sind 10means having crimped engagement with said bead portion of said mouthband to detachablj/ secure seid head in position.

-iln testimony whereof, l aliix my signature.

il. HULBEEHR

